“Incentive structures work, so you have to be very careful about what you incent people to do, because various incentive structures create all sorts of consequences which you can’t anticipate,” said Apple founder Steve Jobs.
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"I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but never the madness of crowds," said Sir Isaac Newton, the inventor of calculus and discoverer of Newton's Laws who lost his entire fortune in a 17th century investment scam called "the South Sea Bubble."
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“Of the 60 years I have been investing, only five of them have been really juicy,” said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett.
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“The only surprise to me is that so many people were surprised,” said Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, about the financial crisis he predicted.
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“We are one budget deal away from being the hot spot of the world. Europe is in the toilet, China’s growth has fallen down, and the Middle East is going backwards. We have a lot of potential for fracking and innovation. If we can prove our nation is governable, we will be the golden spot
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"Good fortune is often more fatal than adversity," said the 18th century German emperor, Frederick the Great.
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"The question is not whether Tesla will sell 80,000 or 90,000 cars this year, but whether they will sell 14 million or 15 million in 15 years. I believe they can do it," said Ron Baron of long-term value player, Baron Capital.
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“Individuals should be buying a little bit of gold every month forever,” said the late Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report.
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"The longer you wait to fire someone, the longer it has been since you should have fired them," said Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors.
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"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open," said Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.
